METAGENESIS

Pronunciation (US):

(GB):

 I. (noun) 

Sense 1

Meaning:

Alternation of sexual and asexual generations

Synonyms:

digenesis; metagenesis

Classified under:

Nouns denoting natural phenomena

Hypernyms ("metagenesis" is a kind of...):

alternation of generations; heterogenesis; xenogenesis (the alternation of two or more different forms in the life cycle of a plant or animal)

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